ALS, 1959 March 10 : U.S.S. Skipjack, At Sea, to Sidney R. Yates.

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ALS, 1959 March 10 : U.S.S. Skipjack, At Sea, to Sidney R. Yates.

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The admiral reports to the congressman on the successful "sea trial of the U.S.S. Skipjack, our first nuclear powered, streamlined, single-screw attack submarine. The ship successfully met all her trials, surface and submerged, and attained the highest speed ever made by any submarine."

1 p. ; 27 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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